We report a new nonaqueous polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) formulation based on the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) dispersion alternating copolymerization of styrene with N-phenylmaleimide using a nonionic poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) stabilizer in a 50/50 w/w ethanol/methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) mixture. The MEK cosolvent is significantly less toxic than the 1...

Ionomers are generally described by copolymers having either acrylic or methacylic acid as one component and the other component is mostly either ethylene or styrene. The objective of this research was to study the thermal behaviour and stability of ionomers of styrene with some alkali metal acrylates. These materials have been synthesized by neutralization of the respective copoly...

The behavior of methacrylic copolymers with oligoethylene glycol and amine groups in aqueous solutions has been studied. eff ect the composition alkoxyoligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylates N-[3-(dimethylamino) propyl] methacrylamide on their solubility media, aggregation properties surface activity at water-oil phase boundary was demonstrated. presence thermo- pH-responsive properties, character...

We report a new approach for the synthesis of fluorescent and water-soluble Ag nanoclusters, using the common polyelectrolyte poly(methacrylic acid) as the template.

Thermal analysis of acrylonitrile/acrylic acid P(AN/AA) copolymer films containing 5%, 10% and 20% acrylic acid dendrigrafted with citric acid (CA) is examined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) with various heating rates, thermogravimetry (TGA) and derivative thermogravimetric analysis (DTG). Also, the effect of carboxylic acid on thermal stabilization of the P(AN/AA) copolymers, wh...